Five
times scripture records
the “Good Pleasure” God has in His willing and working in the
lives of His saints:
“Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us
with every spiritual blessing... Having predestined us to adoption as
sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good
pleasure
of His will … In Him we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He
made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made
known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good
pleasure
which He purposed in Himself … Do not fear, little flock, for it is
your Father’s good
pleasure
to give you the Kingdom
… For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His
good
pleasure
… Therefore
we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of
this
calling, and fulfill all the good
pleasure
of His
goodness and the work of faith with power."
“Good
Pleasure” is translated from the Greek eudokia, and means that
which seems good or well, with
the sense of will, choice, delight, pleasure and satisfaction.
God’s good pleasure is not the arbitrary
whim of a sovereign, but represents that which in the wisdom and love
of God would contribute most to
the spiritual well-being
and blessing of the saint from God’s perspective and in accordance
with His purposes. The delight, pleasure and satisfaction God has in
willing and doing in and for His children is
derived directly from the fact that what He does for them is dictated
by what is eternally good for them. So…
sometimes God’s willing
and doing in us… hurts!
Father,
fulfill all the good pleasure of your will for us which You purposed
in Yourself… the good pleasure of Your Kingdom
released in us. Will and do in our hearts Your good pleasure
fulfilling all the good pleasure of Your goodness… the good
pleasure of your work of faith and power in us, in Jesus name, Amen…
So Be it!
IT
IS THE FATHER’S GOOD PLEASURE
TO
GIVE US HIS KINGDOM!
(Eph.
1:5, 9; Lk. 12:32; Phil. 2:13; 2 Thess. 1:11)
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